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Members Section

Jennie Willett

I am a freelance lecturer with a private practice where I give one to one tuition on lifecoaching and stress management. I lecturer at university on teacher education and at local colleges on personal development and communication skills. I run management training courses for organisations - for a full list access my Home web page www.jenniewillett.co.uk or:

For further details and cost email me on jennie.willett@ukonline.co.uk

Sangeeta Bhargava

Sangeeta is the author of a book called Letters to my Baby, which is a week-by-week guide to pregnancy and baby care.

To contact sangeeta please visit her website www.sangeetabhargava.com

Or e-mail her on sangeeta.bhargava@gmail.com

Leigh Russell

Author of popular bestselling crime novel CUT SHORT is a friend of Harrow Writers' Circle.

CUT SHORT is back on amazon after its second reprint in 6 months

Leigh Russell will be appearing at CRIMEFEST in Bristol in May 2010 and has received invitations to speak at many other festivals.

Leigh is a member of the high profile Curzon Group and was on the Curzon Group Airport Tour this summer

Leigh has been interviewed on a number of BBC Radio Stations and interviewed in local and national newspapers and crime journals

Cut Short reached number 2 on amazon (female sleuths) second only to Alexander McCall Smith

Launched in July 2009, CUT SHORT has already been reprinted

Leigh Russell is writing a series of contemporary crime thrillers featuring a memorable female detective, DI Geraldine Steel.

CUT SHORT has just been shortlisted for the 2010 CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award.

Visit her blog at:

www.leighrussell.blogspot.com

You can watch Leigh on You Tube:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wW3Ixmq3OyA

" Road Closed, the second in my thriller series, is now with the publisher, so it's fingers crossed! I'll keep you posted and try to come along to a meeting if I have time. Life's been pretty hectic, with signings, BBC interviews, festivals, etc - and now I'm back at school so it's even busier!

You can book the author to give a reading, workshop, or talk, by emailing directly to leighrussell@live.co.uk

George Edwards

Two years peripatetic violin teacher for ILEA.

Five years in Symphony Orchestra.

Two years freelancing.

Thirty years in Opera Orchestra now retired.

Most Wednesdays he volunteers at ZSL London, where he helps visitors and takes the opportunity to learn something about animals.

Andrea Hartley

I am interested in writing poetry and short stories.

I am currently an IT Project Manager working in the City in Investment Banking. However, in my spare time I love to read poetry and am now starting to write some of my own. My inspiration comes from everyday situations and I find writing about these very therapeutic after a hectic and stressful day at work! Also interested in writing short stories too but need a lot more practice! To get in contact with me my email address is: andrea.hartley@db.com.

Elise Harvey

I spent the first part of my working life in personnel and training within the finance, pharmaceutical and construction sectors where I developed my interest in stress management and welfare issues. This lead me to train as a complementary therapist and for the past 20 years I have run a private practice. I also work part time at a Hospice. I have had 3 poems published recently and am the ‘Scribe’ for the local group of the Ramblers Association. I am interested in writing short stores and look at everyday situations for inspiration.

TIME SUSPENDED

Tears have washed away the colour
from my world. Gone is the palette
of my soul, to be replaced
by a coal black ,encircling armour.

Winter overwhelms the autumn
I have loved in. All gentle thoughts
Descend into oblivion
As I let slip the disappearing sun.

The harshness of my world is frozen.
Thoughts and emotions hang suspended
Without time or purpose to their being.
Before, once more, I start to listen.

Somewhere, in one of my tomorrows,
Spring will penetrate my darkness
Seeping through the wall of my protection,
Making room for hope to push aside my sorrows.

(c) Elise Harvey

Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury B A Hons

Home tutor for English O and A level and adults.

Gives talks and creative writing workshops at a university summer school.

Trains speakers for barmitzvahs, weddings and presentations.

e-mail: annalondon8@gmail.com

webpages: Website No 1 ; Website No 2

blog: BLOG

You Tube:

1. Angela Lansbury the author

2. Poetic comedy with Angela Lansbury part 1

3. Poetic comedy with Angela Lansbury part 2

4. Poem for Kensington25

5. Angela Lansbury Table Etiquette

Peter Lowthian

Writer and Specialist in Pressure Area care.

Peter Lowthian, author of the historical adventure ‘Iron is not Immortal’, spent many years researching and developing new ideas for nursing and medical care. As well as writing novels and short stories, he continues to write articles for nursing/medical journals.

John Monaghan

johnmonaghan679@msn.com

Oscar Monteiro

Don Monteiro (on the right) and some of his family are off to visit a publisher who recently rejected his work.

To contact Oscar please e-mail: Oscar Monteiro

Or telephone: 07905 507585

Robin Robinson

To contact Robin please e-mail: robincrobinson@googlemail.com

John Samson

THE WARNING

“Does he bite?” I had asked the old man sitting on the stone wall.

“Only if you tease her,” he had replied, a smile in his eyes.

As I nursed my bleeding hand I wished I had heeded his warning.

© John Sampson

To contact John please e-mail at john@thesamsons.wanadoo.co.uk

Maneesha Sharma

Harrow Came Complete

What can I say about Harrow,
Except that it’s home to me?
I remember my first day here
It was June in 1993

I watched the washed and combed
School kids in their ties and coats
Some feeding the ducks in the pond
Some sailing silly paper boats

The loud clang of the school bell
Collected their screams mid-air
The school gates accepted all
The park was suddenly bare

Down the road, good ole’ Woolworths
Was swallowing mums and buggies
Getting their fix of pick ‘n’ mix
With packs of disposable Huggies

Up the road at Paige and Petrook
The man I’d met last week,
Smiled at me as I stepped in:
“Well, what is it to be?”

Schools, shops, banks and offices
A curry in every high street,
Down to its Indian cinema,
I saw that Harrow came complete

I saw my kids in that school
Then grown up with careers
I saw myself at home at last
Surrounded with friends and peers

Their accents struggled with mine
But their faces were sincere
“I’ll take it!” The lease was signed -
And that’s how I landed here!

© Maneesha Sharma, Harrow, June 2009

To contact Maneesha please e-mail maneeshasharma@aol.com

Indra Sikdar

Indra is Vice Chair & IT PR Officer of the Harrow Writers' Circle.

He enjoys swimming and watching movies.

Indra is a member of various English and Indian Cultural Associations.

And is interested in current affairs and spirituality - writing for two spiritual newsletters.

Indra is contactable at E-Mail: Indra Sikdar

Tel: 07952 569097

Brian Bold

Brian is a retired marketing manager from the IT industry, with a continuing interest in the impact of technology on society. He is now a casual writer and a high-handicap golfer. He has published two books, FIRST COARSE, an anthology of short stories with a sci-fi flavour, and ROAD WORKS, humourous tales of car journeys undertaken over the last forty years. Both books are available from Lulu.Com

To contact Brian please e-mail him on: brian.bold@which.net

Julia Underwood

I am Julia Underwood. I have been writing for about 15 years. I have had several articles and short stories published in magazines. My style is, I hope, relaxed and sometimes, quite humorous. I am working on an adult novel, a children's novel and a play. I studied sciences at university and did medical research for a number of years before working in advertising and marketing, including at the Reader's Digest. More recently I have worked as an interior designer.

If you wish to contact Julia please e-mail her on: undart@btinternet.com

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